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E. H. OSBORNE.

PERCOLATOR.

APPucATloN FILED MAY10.19\9.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

I EUGENE I-I. OSBORNE, 0F SRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PERCOLATOIR Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4c, 1919.

Applicatpn filed May 10, 1919. Serial No. 296,252.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EUGENE I-I. OsBoRNE, citizen of the United States,residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPercolato'rs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to percolators and especially to the type usedfor preparing beverages such as tea, coffee and other drinks. It is oneof the objects of the present invention to provide a simple,practicable, eflicient and inexpensive form of percolating device and itis an especial object of the invention to provide a percolator which canbe compactly folded so that it may be readily carried in the service kitof luncheon, automobile or boating parties or in camp outfits andobviously in various other organizations and a further object is toprovide a device of this character which will enable the preparation ofthe beverage either by the use of the percolator directly in or abovethe receptacle as a cup, glass or the like or the percolator can be heldby and above a cooking utensil or placed therein to remain withoutattention such time as may be required. Another object of the inventionis to provide a percolator comprising relatively and readily separableholder and bag elements so as to enable the efficient and thoroughcleaning of the bag and the reuse of the same.

With the above and other objects in view as will be readily manifest tothose versed in the subject the invention consists of the construction,the combination, and in details and elements of the parts as moreparticularly described in the following specication `relative to theaccompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of thewire frame or bag holder.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the detached bag.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the percolator showing the partsassembled and held above a cup showing the use of the percolator inmaking the beverage directly in the cup, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the percolator as held above a cookingutensil.

The percolator comprises a bag 2, preferably of pliant material and ofsuitable depth and diameter the mouth of the bag being provided with ahem 3 which is divided at 4L to provide openings 5 5 into the adjacentends of the hem 3. This bag is adapted to be readily mounted upon theholder or frame which comprises preferably an integral piece ofresilient wire havin a divided or sepa'- rated ring 6 and a latera lyextending handle portion 7. In one form of the holder as shown in thepresent case the ring has one side bent outwardly to form a bar orhandle 7 which is turned into a spring coil 8 from which is extended a'substantially parallel handle, bar or portion 9 having an upturned eye10 designed to interlock with a comple mentary eye or hook 1l formed onthe adjacent end of the ring 6. In Fig. 1 the holder is shown detachedfrom the bag and the parts are readily assembled by passing one open endof the hem 3 onto the hook end 11 of the ring and then gradually workingthe bag around the ring until the ends or mouths 5 of the hem arebrought to the position shown in Fig. 3. Conversely, the bag is removedby a reversal of the movement, thus enabling it to be kept in athoroughly sanitary and clean condition and the bitter and undesirableflavors are thus elimi* nated where it would not be possible if the bagwas constantly reused in the preparation of the beverage and the acidsor coffee tannin or ca ffein were not removed by washing.

As clearly shown the percolator can be held in the hand either over acup or other receptacle for immediate use or if desired it can be heldin position over a cooking utensil either by hand or it can be rested inposition thereon to remain any desired time.

What I claim isl. In a percolator, a bag, a holder comprising a circularmember, a handle, a hook in said circular member, and an eye in saidhandle for engaging said hook.

2. In a' percolator, a holder comprising a circular member, a springhandle, an eye in said handle, and a hook in said circular member toengage said handle.

3. In a percolator, a holder comprising a' circular member, a springhandle, and a hook and eye engagement of said handle and Circularmember.

4. In 2L percolator, a: holder comprising a wire bent n circular formand 'having a hook n one end on said erele and extended ra.-

dztlly into ay handle having an erm to el'lgage Copies of this patent'may be obtained for spring at the end of Said handle, en eye '1n saidhandle, and a' hook n said circular. member to encrage said eye.

6. In e. pereoletor, a holder comprising a. circular member, 2L springhandle, one side of said handle being zt radial extension of seidcircular member, and a hook and eye engagement of sind handle andcirculer member adjacent Sand handle.

` In testlmonv whereof l afix my slgnature.

EUGENE H. OSBORNE.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

v Washington, I). G.

